To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution. — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I long to forget… It is painful to be conscious of two worlds.” — Eva Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The agony of man is always longer than the fleeting moments of bliss. The trick is to reverse those two.” — Ben Midland Copy Share Image
“He turned out the lamp and left the room, his body in agony. Sometimes, it was absolute hell to be a gentleman.” — Laura Lee Guhrke Copy Share Image
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Dear agony, just let go of me, suffer slowly, is this the way it's gotta be?” — Breaking Benjamin Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to change, but change demands desire and discipline before it becomes delightful. There is always the agony of choice before… — Larry Lea Copy Share Image
Joy requires one to be awake, Adjusting the heart's ambience to bright. Some prefer the dark, as is their right, On grounds… — Nick Gordon Copy Share Image
We're all afraid of suffering or agony or torture. It's only natural in some ways. It's only human, let's say. I don't… — Sark Copy Share Image
“Don’t let the agony, regret, or fog of yesterday blind you to the fact that each new day carries with it a… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
And thou art terrible--the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of… — Fitz-Greene Halleck Copy Share Image
This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony… — Albert Claude Copy Share Image
I dread the promotion part of my job. It's agony, especially compared to the private, at-home joy of writing. But being a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
I thought I loved him when he went away; I love him now in another degree: he is more my own. [… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
To see human beings in agony, to see them covered in blood and to hear their death groans, makes people humble. It… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
All that this world needs is a good cleansing of the heart of all the inhibitions of the past. And laughter and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
But there is no such man; for, brother, men Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Though our brother is upon the rack, as long as we ourselves are at ease, our senses will never inform us of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I looked, and had an acute pleasure in looking,--a precious yet poignant pleasure; pure gold, with a steely point of agony: a… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Discipline is something we despise for the moment… We all look for a place to run, an excuse with which to stall.… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
“To Bear the uncertain pain of today is better to bear the agony of the uncertain future".” — Sumit Keshan Copy Share Image
When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony. — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
“That was what it meant to be a woman: to live in an unbearable agony hidden for a time behind smoke and… — Mary Pauline Lowry Copy Share Image
“Arik didn’t know how long he’d been in hell. Time was one never-ending, no-lube f&*k when you were in the dark and… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
“Passion is wholehearted devotion; it is fervor and agony; it is temper and zeal.” — Rebecca Ross Copy Share Image
I see before me the Gladiator lie: / He leans upon his hand - his manly brow / Consents to death, but conquers agony. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Death is no fiend, he is the truest of friends. He delivers us from agony. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Don't cry for the dead, for the dead is deaf, dumb, blind, lame, unemotional and dead.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Oh, what a agony and oh what a shame. To see my black brother goin? all down the drain. — Capleton Copy Share Image
Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
I'm beginning to believe that anything I do to extend my life is just going to be outweighed by the agony of… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble. — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image